Tag Archives: DR Congo

Trump’s ‘historic’ peace deal for DR Congo shattered after rebels seize key city

Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gk34k9k23o Despite a peace deal recently brokered by Donald Trump in the first week of December, the Tutsi Congolese rebel group M23 seized the important city of Uvira on the eastern border of the DR Congo. The city has served as an important logistics hub for resources coming from Burundi, who has continually assisted the DR Congo’s efforts in… Read more »

Qatar emir visits DR Congo after Rwanda meetings

Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/21/qatari-emir-arrives-in-dr-congo-after-rwanda-visit The Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in the DRC following a deal between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and the DRC government. The emir was welcomed by the president of the DRC after having spent the previous day in Rwanda, and his visit is a part of a larger effort by the United States… Read more »

Protester killed as DR Congo police fire on banned march

France24 Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa shot dead an anti-government protester and wounded two others who had gathered to take part in church-led marches against President Joseph Kabila’s rule on Sunday. Catholic and evangelical church-goers across Congo had been meant to take to the streets following Sunday services, but armed security forces surrounded Kinshasa’s main… Read more »

At least two killed in crackdown on Kabila protest in DR Congo

France24 At least two people were killed and dozens more injured on Sunday when security forces in Democratic Republic of Congo cracked down on church-led demonstrations against President Joseph Kabila, the United Nations said. Catholic and evangelical churchgoers across Congo had meant to take to the streets following Sunday services, but they were met with police and soldiers deployed to stop them…. Read more »